Wicked chocolate, banana rum sorbet, and vanilla rum caramel were but a few flavors outfitting the Jacques Torres ice cream cart at the Hudson Street store this week (rotating flavors are also at the DUMBO location). Fresh-made waffle cones...
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Photograph from dumbonyc on Flickr Robert LaValva has been lobbying to get the New Amsterdam Market inside the old Fulton Fish Market at the South Street Seaport for a while, but for a handful of reasons, it hasn't worked...
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This Saturday only (not Sunday), February 7, Mitzy Budiono of Itzy Bitzy Patisserie will be selling her macarons at Brooklyn Flea's Winter Pop-Up Market in Dumbo from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. She couldn't make it to the market...
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As VittlesVamp points out, "this could be dangerous." In attendance last weekend at the Brooklyn Flea's winter venue on Front Street: Rafael Soler’s pupusas of Red Hook ballfield fame, Kumquat Cupcakery's lilliputian cupcakes, McClure's Pickles, and a cloud of fine...
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Photograph from dumbonyc on Flickr The winter location of Brooklyn Flea's Antiques Market in Dumbo was food vendor-less until now. Eater reports that food vendors—such as Kumquat Cupcakery, McClure's Pickles, and Hot Blondies Bakery—will open across the street from...
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Even though we're not in D.C., we can still have a good time tonight. A guide to celebrating the inauguration all over New York City.
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Editor's note: This concludes our 12 Days of Hot Chocolate series. We end on the classic Jacques Torres. From left: "Classic" hot chocolate and "Wicked." Hardly distinguishable. ">Photograph from wallyg on Flickr Price: $3 (for eight ounces), $4 (for twelve...
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Brooklyn Flea will move indoors to 76 Front Street in Dumbo starting January 10 until March 29, 2009, and will stay open Saturday and Sunday between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Though "one or two interesting food trucks” will be...
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Reliable classics are always worth returning to, and the vanilla chocolate chip ice cream, from the Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory, is a prime example. Simple and to the point, a single scoop of creamy rich vanilla, liberally dotted with...
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Photograph by Front Studio I read about this perfect-for-summer fruit eclair from the Almondine Bakery in Dumbo, on the Front Studio Lunch blog. According to them, "the barely present cream filling lets the fruit really fill every bite, with...
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